Thanksgiving camp, recap and pictures

By wednesday everyone was so busy skiing I think we didn't get many pictures.  Some of these photos are from skiing at the Stoneham Mountain base lodge on Tuesday afternoon and the others are from some classic no pole drills on Thursday.  A couple from Thanksgiving dinner as well.  

All in all it was quite an excellent training camp and we are all still rather tired, myself included.  Just two more weeks of classes left and then we get a break as everyone heads home after finals are completed.  We are not attending US Nationals as a team this year for the first time in the past six, given the hassel and expense of getting to Alaska I am certainly not regretting this decision.  We are going to focus on being ready for the college race season first and foremost.

We should be able to get on snow this weekend but are currently back to the dryland training.

huit kilometers patin et classic

They actually had much more than 8K, but that was what the woman said when I called Wednesday morning. They got about a foot overnight and then it continued snowing throughout the day, what a relief. Even without snow, camp had been going very well, the team remained very positive and seemed up for anything. However with a few wet inches on the ground in Stoneham our rollerskiing was not looking possible on the park road and running was not going to be very pleasant either. The snow was well beyond what I was expecting when we headed up the hill on Wednesday morning.
We now have about 20K open up at the Foret and a time trial planned for Saturday, should be some great skiing from here on out. Thanksgiving dinner was superb.
I might just leave the photography to Terko, see his post below.
We may even get a chance to ski at Mt. Saint Anne, last I checked they were beginning to groom but planning to open next week. It would be fun to ski there Sunday before leaving if they open.